Association of Women's Rights in Development

The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) "is an international membership organization connecting, informing and mobilizing people and organizations committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. Our goal is to cause policy, institutional and individual change that will improve the lives of women and girls everywhere. We do this by facilitating ongoing debates on fundamental and provocative issues as well as by building the individual and organizational capacities of those working for women's empowerment and social justice." 


 * Aruna Rao - Former President

History
"In 1982, toward the end of the UN Decade for Women, 26 people from North American development agencies, agricultural universities and community organizations gathered to discuss the role of women as agents and beneficiaries of the development process. They founded AWID, a professional association where people concerned with women in development could dialogue across sectors and improve their effectiveness as professionals in this new field." 

"As of January 1st, 2007 Lydia Alpizar Duran is AWID's new Executive Director." Other Staff

Funders
Source
 * Action Aid International
 * African Women's Development Fund (AWDF)
 * Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie
 * Asian Development Bank
 * Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
 * Cordaid
 * Development Cooperation Ireland
 * Ford Foundation
 * Global Fund for Women
 * Hivos
 * International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development
 * Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
 * International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
 * Levi Strauss Foundation
 * MaMaCash
 * Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 * New Zealand's International Aid & Development Agency (NZAID)
 * Novib
 * Open Society Institute
 * Rockefeller Foundation
 * Sigrid Rausing Trust
 * Sister Fund
 * Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
 * United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
 * Women's Funding Network

Directors
Source
 * Geetanjali Misra - President
 * Joanna Kerr - Executive Director (AWID, Canada)
 * Nancy Natilson - Treasurer (Independent Consultant, USA)
 * Nirvana Gonzalez Rosa
 * Vanessa Griffen
 * Brigid Inder
 * Gerd Johnsson-Latham
 * Angela Kuga Thas
 * Everjoice J. Win

Contact

 * Web: http://www.awid.org